The House of the Scorpion
CHAPTER 38
When everyone had been called to the wake on page 373, why didn’t Mr. Ortega attend? (Hint: Remember when he taught Matt how to play the piano…one of his senses is destroyed.)
When everyone had been called to the wake on page 373, why didn’t Mr. Ortega attend? (Hint: Remember when he taught Matt how to play the piano…one of his senses is destroyed.)
From the text:
Mr. Ortega was missing because he hadn’t heard about it. Besides, he’d lived such a quiet existence for so many years that everyone had forgotten about him.
House of the Scorpion